Pharmacological Characterization of Vampire Bat-Derived CGRP at the Human CGRP Receptor in the Xenopus oocyte system

By sjmartinez • June 28, 2025

Carleer K, Raval K, Tudzarova S, Tytgat J. Pharmacological Characterization of Vampire Bat-Derived CGRP at the Human CGRP Receptor in the Xenopus oocyte system. Toxicon. 2025 Jun 25:108466. doi: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2025.108466. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40578569.

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